Archive: 2014
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Salamander Resort & Spa Awarded Prestigious LEED® Green Building Certification
Salamander Resort & Spa has been LEED® Certified, a designation established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification…
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Reminiscences from a 50 Year Career
I will reach a milestone in 2015, 50 years as water resources professional. When you reach such milestones, your mind often returns to the past. I find myself d…
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Olympian at Foxcroft Clinic Excites & Inspires Players
What better way to prepare for your season-opening game than to spend some time with an Olympian? Foxcroft's field hockey players were clearly excited and inspi…
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National Merit Scholar, Distinguished Service Award, Green Eyes Exhibit and Convocation Mark Highland School Activities
Philip Mulford has been named a National Merit Scholarship Corporation semi-finalist and will now compete for one of the organization's Merit Scholarship awards…
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Middleburg Town Council: A Film Festival Halloween
At the September 11 regular meeting of the Middleburg Town Council, Susan Koch, the Emmy and Peabody award-winning Executive Director of the Middleburg Film Fes…
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Melvin Poe Dead at Ninety-Four
The world of American foxhunting lost one of its best-loved and most highly respected personalities with the passing of huntsman Melvin Poe on Saturday Septembe…
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Knee Health and Exercise
As babies are knees are flexible and grow strong as we learn to walk and maneuver around obstacles. Our muscles become stronger as we learn to run, reach and be…
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It Takes a Village to Catch a Hound: Closing in on Charter
"You're a closer!" exclaimed Piedmont Huntsman Spencer Allen, referring to the closing pitcher in a ball game. After three and a half agonizing months, he was f…
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Hill School Alumni Association Holds Annual Golf Tournament
The Hill School in Middleburg will hold its annual golf tournament at the Shenandoah Valley Golf Club in Front Royal, Virginia on Tuesday, Oct. 7. Organized by…
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From Back-to-School to New Year's Day
For most, if not all businesses, the "back to school" through Christmas season is critical, nearly always determining the difference between a good year and a b…
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Fall is here... Have no Fear...
I can't believe it! Fall is already here and I have barely had a chance to wear all my favorite summer sundresses. Of course as seasons change, so do wardrobes…
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Creighton Farms Invitational Raises $700,000
Jack and Barbara Nicklaus, Roger and Debbie Clemens, Peter Bondra, Rod Langway and Bob Dandridge, Joe Theismann and Ricky Ervins were guests at the recent Creig…
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Choosing the Whole-House Generator That's Right for You
More frequent, longer-lasting power outages are the result of an increase in severe storms and an aging power grid. Whole-house backup or standby generators pro…
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Blue Ridge Wildlife Furry Tails Gala
Blue Ridge Wildlife Furry Tails Gala
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And They're Off!
Chasing 101: Thoroughbreds are bred for speed, stamina, athleticism and heart (courage). When they don't succeed racing on the flat, they often get a second cha…
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AiM to Position Middleburg and Piedmont as Major Arts Destination
Artists in Middleburg (AiM), founded originally by Peter Wood, is now directed by Sandy Danielson who intends to lead the local group of artists, enthusiasts an…
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A Tale of Two Seasons
Ask most cooks what their favorite time of year is in the mid Atlantic and I would venture a guess that most would likely say the fall. Autumn has much to offer…
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A Sportsman en plein air: C.D. Clarke Exhibit at National Sporting Library & Museum
The National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) recently opened 'A Sportsman en plein air: C. D. Clarke,' an exhibit that will be on view until December 28, 2014.…
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"Unusual Gift" to Windy Hill
Kim Hart, Executive Director of the Windy Hill Foundation, announced in September that Windy Hill had been named in proffers offered to Fauquier County by Walte…
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Middleburg Eccentric September 2014, Volume 11 Issue 6
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